As I was just telling Denise... when the kids go without their naps you might as well just lock the doors to the cages and let the wild animals go crazy inside. Any attempts at encouraging civilized behavior fall on deaf ears. And enforcing the rules only causes more chaos.The real debate of the situaiton lies right here. I can't let them just run wild and disregard all the rules and expectations. But they're incapable of dealing with the slightest stress and melt down at every opportunity. The question is - nap or no nap? Put them to bed now and who knows if they'll sleep tonight? Deal with the crabby chaos and count down the minutes until bedtime? Today, I vote for the nap. Yes its 6:30 p.m. and this will mess up the schedule later tonight. But I put up with it for 3 hours now and I just can't take it anymore!
Now - how to get the boy to sleep without a royal struggle? The Shaggy Dog on tv, a comfy pillow on the couch... He's been siting there for about 10 minutes and just laid down. My guess is he'll be out within the next three minutes!
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